Best New Liquor License

Mex 1 Coastal Cantina

Staff Pick

If we ever had a complaint about Jack’s Cosmic Dogs — and we haven’t, really — it’s that you can’t get buzzed there. Sure, the draft root beer alone is worth the drive out to Mt. Pleasant or James Island, but when we hit up the now-defunct West Ashley location of the local chain, we sometimes craved a boozy drink with our Astro Dog. Now that the space has since been converted to Mex 1 Coastal Cantina, we can get a cool cocktail to go with our Baja Bowls instead, like a jalapeño margarita, a special rum punch (with housemade punch mix), or even classics like Painkillers and Moscow Mules.